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in reply to: Labral tear (hip) #6624
Sorry in advance for a long post… My surgery was this past Thanksgiving by Dr. Kelly (http://bryankellymd.com) from the Hospitals for Special Surgery (NYC). I know he’s the best (or one of) in the tri-state and with this type of surgery, you definitely want someone who is highly experienced for your hip. I was on 2 crutches for about 2 weeks and weened to 1 and none for another 2 weeks. Crutches are not easy to manage, and I was glad to retire them after about a month. Physical Therapy is crucial in rebuilding your strength and mobility post surgery. I had a PT protocol before they realized I had the torn labrum (with a different doctor) and that probably tore my hip out even more since they didn’t know the full picture and assumed my muscles and joints needed more stretching!(Did I mention I’m hyper-mobile?) This was the point I switched doctors and gave up on practicing completely and had to learn how to manage with chronic pain in the hip, leg, and back. I understand taking time off completely from practicing seems terrible, but really it was the best protocol to stop damaging and tearing the joint tissues.
I took about 5 weeks off from teaching classes and have just returned to my own yoga practice a couple weeks ago. Since I teach ‘primetime’ and work full time, I don’t have too many opportunities to go to classes. I’ve actually only gone to 1 class; and I modified almost everything… including shortened stance for Warrior poses, skipping pigeon (my PT said I could try it now, but I don’t feel like I’m there yet), using blocks and props, taking low-cobra instead of upward dog, and avoiding twists. This may depend on your surgery and your diagnosis.
Everyone’s situations and recoveries are so different; in fact I go to PT with a couple of women who had their surgery done by Dr. Kelly at the same time and we have similar PT exercises, but different abilities and milestones. Remember to always practice ahimsa and keep compassion for yourself in your mind and heart through this journey. Its not easy and I’m sorry that you are in pain. Feel free to email me with questions and more info (modifications, PT, or whatever) at: [email address removed for cyber security reasons 😉 please use the private messaging system!]in reply to: Labral tear (hip) #6596hello,
I just came across this website today and thought I would offer my 2 cents. I am a yoga instructor (and worker bee in corporate america) and tore my labrum last March in my teacher training program from an unnecessary assist in frog pose. I would never teach or practice frog pose, and have only done it a couple times; its a pose that never feels good. I had arthroscopic surgery to repair my torn labrum, fix bone spurs, and ligamentum teres last Thanksgiving and have just begun to slowly enter back into my practice through the long recovery and physical therapy process. Pre-surgery, my surgeon told me avoid twists and obvious hip openings as it was only making matters worse. In fact, I stopped practicing completely because the pain post practice was unbearable. This type of injury most likely doesn’t heal on its own since there is no blood supply to this tissue. Post surgery, he told me that because I am hyper mobile I need to be careful with the hip and other joints as my body doesn’t know when to stop extending and stretching esp in yoga. I don’t know if this is the case with any of you, but my advise would be to take things VERY slow and easy. I was the same way in the onset of the injury; I would feel OK in class doing pigeon, then a few hours later in terrible pain. Since you know something is damaged and if something hurts, get out of the pose immediately. And hot yoga may not be the best. An article I read also discussing preventing injuries in your practice http://www.iayt.org/publications_Vx2/ytip/aug06/Goodall0806.pdf
Good luck! daba http://www.yogawithdaba.com -
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